VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2009-3871
CVSS score9.3 HIGH
EPSS probability6.82%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-11-05
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the setBytePixels function in the Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 22, JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17, SDK and JRE 1.3.x before 1.3.1_27, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments, aka Bug Id 6872358.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer